Endogenous phospholipase A2 inhibitors in snakes: a brief overview

Table 1 Snake blood PLA₂ inhibitors in the alpha structural class (sbαPLIs)

Family, species or subspecies	Common name	Reference
Colubridae
Elaphe climacophora	Japanese ratsnake	[26]
Elaphe quadrivirgata	Japanese four-lined ratsnake	[27]
Viperidae
Bothrops alternatus	Urutu (Portuguese)	[15, 31]^a, [23]
Bothrops asper	Fer-de-lance, Terciopelo (Spanish)	[62]
Bothrops erythromelas	Caatinga lancehead	[23]
Bothrops jararaca	Jararaca (Port.)	[23]
Bothrops jararacussu	Jararacussu (Port.)	[14, 23]
Bothrops moojeni	Brazilian lancehead	[16]
Bothrops neuwiedi	Jararaca pintada (Port.)	[23]
Cerrophidion godmani	Honduras montane pit viper	[21]
Crotalus durissus terrificus	South American rattlesnake, tropical rattlesnake	[23]
Gloydius brevicaudus	Short-tailed mamushi, Japanese or Chinese mamushi,	[19]^a, [63]
Lachesis muta	South American bushmaster	[23]
Protobothrops flavoviridis	Habu	[25, 64, 65], [66]^a
Protobothrops elegans	Sakishima habu	[41]

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